विग्रह

See also: वग़ैरह

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিগ্ৰহ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬕ᭄ᬭᬳ (Balinese script)
• বিগ্রহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိဂြဟ (Burmese script)
• વિગ્રહ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਗ੍ਰਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦒꦿꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂏𑂹𑂩𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಗ್ರಹ (Kannada script)
• វិគ្រហ (Khmer script)
• ວິຄ຺ຣຫ (Lao script)
• വിഗ്രഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᡤᡵᠠᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠺᠷᠠᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐴 (Newa script)
• ଵିଗ୍ରହ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢔ꣄ꢬꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖮 (Siddham script)
• විග්‍රහ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩞 𑪙𑩼𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚌𑚶𑚤𑚩 (Takri script)
• விக்³ரஹ (Tamil script)
• విగ్రహ (Telugu script)
• วิคฺรห (Thai script)
• ཝི་གྲ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨍𑩇𑨫𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वि- (vi-) +‎ ग्रह (graha).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋiɡ.ɾɐ.ɦɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋiɡ.ɾɐ.ɦɐ/

Noun

विग्रह • (vigraha) stem, m

1. division
2. distribution (especially of fluids)
3. (grammar) independence (of a word, as opposed to composition)
4. separation, resolution, analysis, resolution of a compound word into its constituent parts, the separation or analysis of any word capable of separation
5. discord, quarrel, contest, strife, war with
6. separate i.e. individual form or shape, form, figure, the body

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of विग्रह (vigraha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विग्रहः vigrahaḥ	विग्रहौ / विग्रहा¹ vigrahau / vigrahā¹	विग्रहाः / विग्रहासः¹ vigrahāḥ / vigrahāsaḥ¹
Vocative	विग्रह vigraha	विग्रहौ / विग्रहा¹ vigrahau / vigrahā¹	विग्रहाः / विग्रहासः¹ vigrahāḥ / vigrahāsaḥ¹
Accusative	विग्रहम् vigraham	विग्रहौ / विग्रहा¹ vigrahau / vigrahā¹	विग्रहान् vigrahān
Instrumental	विग्रहेण vigraheṇa	विग्रहाभ्याम् vigrahābhyām	विग्रहैः / विग्रहेभिः¹ vigrahaiḥ / vigrahebhiḥ¹
Dative	विग्रहाय vigrahāya	विग्रहाभ्याम् vigrahābhyām	विग्रहेभ्यः vigrahebhyaḥ
Ablative	विग्रहात् vigrahāt	विग्रहाभ्याम् vigrahābhyām	विग्रहेभ्यः vigrahebhyaḥ
Genitive	विग्रहस्य vigrahasya	विग्रहयोः vigrahayoḥ	विग्रहाणाम् vigrahāṇām
Locative	विग्रहे vigrahe	विग्रहयोः vigrahayoḥ	विग्रहेषु vigraheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀳 (viggaha)
  • Assamese: বিঘা (bigha)
• → Assamese: বিগ্ৰহ (bigroh) (semi-learned)
• Malayalam: വിഗ്രഹം (vigrahaṁ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विग्रह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 957, column 2.